I have never heard of To The Metal, is a Gamma Ray album?

Weird.

Anyway I think their new stuff is leaning towards more traditional heavy metal like iron maiden than power metal.

Which I don't mind, LOTFP2 was good IMO.

At 3/21/10 03:48 PM, MiroDK wrote: I say EdGuy's pretty cheesy.

No, Edguy are hilarious.

There's a difference.

I don't like them that much. Although The Metal Opera by Avantasia was awesome.

Yeah, they released the new album in January, it has some good songs, plus, Michael Kiske sang on one of their songs.

To those who care: http://www.anathema.ws/

It's called "We're Here Because We're Here", this is the tracklist:

Thin Air
Summernight Horizon
Dreaming Light
Everything
Angels Walk Among Us
Presence
A Simple Mistake
Get Off, Get Out
Universal
Hindsight

and I, for one, am looking forward to it, altough I'm not sure if I like the title.

Ah crap, still no edit button? Well, screwed up the link, here it is again:

Info about the new Anathema album.

At 3/21/10 04:17 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 3/21/10 03:48 PM, MiroDK wrote: I say EdGuy's pretty cheesy.

No, Edguy are hilarious.

There's a difference.

Yeah, I wouldn't say they are cheesy.
Avantasia may be a little more cheesy though..
But Rhapsody is only CheeseWiz compared to GammaRay :P

At 3/20/10 05:10 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: My reaction.

I enjoy Mirrorthrone and the movie Scanners as well.

At 3/21/10 05:42 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: But Rhapsody is only CheeseWiz compared to GammaRay :P

I don't find GammaRay cheesy, after all, it was their frontman that helped "invent" the whole power metal thing with Helloween, but I guess it's a matter of opinion.

At 3/21/10 03:45 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: What about in the context of actual cheese?

It's still up there with you cheddars and your bries.

At 3/21/10 04:17 PM, AniMetal wrote: No, Edguy are hilarious.

Edguy are hilarious?

Comedy fail I say. They're so juvenile.

Hello (I'm new here) but my favorite bands are:

Angra/Almah
Dream Evil
Disturbed
Killswitch Engaged
Bullet for my Valenitine

I listen to more power metal, but i compose more heavy metal.

First 3 = Metal.
Last 3 = Not Metal.

We ask for a list of 10 Metal bands, so I'd say give us another 7 and then the powers that be can decide on your fate.

At 3/21/10 07:33 PM, Nev wrote: First 3 = Metal.
Last 3 = Not Metal.

We ask for a list of 10 Metal bands, so I'd say give us another 7 and then the powers that be can decide on your fate.

Agreed. First rule you should learn as a possible Metal Heller, no nu-metal or metalcore. The others may possibly tear out your heart and offer it to Satan. Prog, Death, Black, Thrash, and Stoner bands=Great.

At 3/21/10 08:57 PM, Zodir wrote: Agreed. First rule you should learn as a possible Metal Heller, no nu-metal or metalcore.

He doesn't know that though. The rules have changed considerably since GC's first post.

Prog, Death, Black, Thrash, and Stoner bands=Great.

Metal = great. It doesn't need to be specific.
Also, you're forgetting plenty of genres in that pretty narrow list.

At 3/21/10 09:09 PM, Nev wrote:

At 3/21/10 08:57 PM, Zodir wrote:

Prog, Death, Black, Thrash, and Stoner bands=Great.

Metal = great. It doesn't need to be specific.
Also, you're forgetting plenty of genres in that pretty narrow list.

Those are just genres that pop up a lot in conversations here, so if he/she wanted to not be totally lost, some basic knowledge would be helpful. 7/10 conversations around here mostly have to do with those 5 genres.

At 3/21/10 09:42 PM, Zodir wrote:

At 3/21/10 09:09 PM, Nev wrote:

At 3/21/10 08:57 PM, Zodir wrote:

Prog, Death, Black, Thrash, and Stoner bands=Great.

Those are just genres that pop up a lot in conversations here, so if he/she wanted to not be totally lost, some basic knowledge would be helpful. 7/10 conversations around here mostly have to do with those 5 genres.

We rarely talk about prog or thrash in this thread with the exception of a few bands...

Plus a lot of power metal knowledge would be needed.

At 3/21/10 06:44 PM, MiroDK wrote:

I don't find GammaRay cheesy, after all, it was their frontman that helped "invent" the whole power metal thing with Helloween, but I guess it's a matter of opinion.

*Look at MiroDK's signature*

At 3/22/10 04:55 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: *Look at MiroDK's signature*

I don't know what's cheesier, the metal hell demon part or the gods of rock'n'roll part.

At 3/22/10 06:22 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 3/22/10 04:55 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: *Look at MiroDK's signature*

I don't know what's cheesier, the metal hell demon part or the gods of rock'n'roll part.

That's me, not MiroDK. And the god's rock'n'roll is a quote from Venom's Black Metal. I just love that one-liner.

At 3/21/10 04:20 PM, MiroDK wrote: Yeah, they released the new album in January, it has some good songs, plus, Michael Kiske sang on one of their songs.

To be honest, I don't think guest appearances of Michael Kiske means that much these days. Sure, it was nice for him to make another appearance in a new album of theirs but Kiske does so many cameos in power metal albums that it's not so special anymore.

At 3/22/10 11:10 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/21/10 04:20 PM, MiroDK wrote: Yeah, they released the new album in January, it has some good songs, plus, Michael Kiske sang on one of their songs.

To be honest, I don't think guest appearances of Michael Kiske means that much these days. Sure, it was nice for him to make another appearance in a new album of theirs but Kiske does so many cameos in power metal albums that it's not so special anymore.

Yes, he's not that special, to be honest, I don't even find him all that great like most people say he is, there's a lot of better singers out there. But I can't deny that he does have a pretty good voice.

At 3/22/10 04:55 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 3/21/10 06:44 PM, MiroDK wrote:

I don't find GammaRay cheesy, after all, it was their frontman that helped "invent" the whole power metal thing with Helloween, but I guess it's a matter of opinion.

*Look at MiroDK's signature*

Sorry for the double post :( but yeah I need to change that, I just quoted some line from one of their song's (after all, IT IS my favorite band), I need to think of something more original, but only when I have the time. :(

At 3/22/10 01:22 PM, MiroDK wrote:

Sorry for the double post :( but yeah I need to change that, I just quoted some line from one of their song's (after all, IT IS my favorite band), I need to think of something more original, but only when I have the time. :(

It's not cause they are your favorite band that they are not cheesy. I must say that all power metal is cheesy to an extent. When you start singing about glory, conquerors, epic battles and... space odysseys... chances are you will have some cheese on your album.

I can't like Progressive Metal... I just like a few Dream Theater songs...

At 3/22/10 02:18 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 3/22/10 01:22 PM, MiroDK wrote:

Sorry for the double post :( but yeah I need to change that, I just quoted some line from one of their song's (after all, IT IS my favorite band), I need to think of something more original, but only when I have the time. :(

It's not cause they are your favorite band that they are not cheesy. I must say that all power metal is cheesy to an extent. When you start singing about glory, conquerors, epic battles and... space odysseys... chances are you will have some cheese on your album.

Well, I agree with you there, but I don't think they're as cheesy as a lot of other power metal bands (maybe that's just my bias talking). Well, the sound's still good, except their new stuff wich seems a lot more like they're plagiarizing stuff, or making sounds that resemble a lot of other bands. (mainly Judas Priest and Iron Maiden).

At 3/22/10 02:38 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I can't like Progressive Metal... I just like a few Dream Theater songs...

What's your idea of progressive metal?

At 3/22/10 04:39 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:

At 3/22/10 02:38 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I can't like Progressive Metal... I just like a few Dream Theater songs...

What's your idea of progressive metal?

Very technical Metal, that you can't use to headbang...

At 3/22/10 05:19 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote:

At 3/22/10 04:39 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:

At 3/22/10 02:38 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I can't like Progressive Metal... I just like a few Dream Theater songs...

What's your idea of progressive metal?

Very technical Metal, that you can't use to headbang...

It's really just metal played on a higher scale than what would be considered normal. It doesn't have to be super complex or have clean vocals and acoustic solos.

At 3/22/10 05:26 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:
It's really just metal played on a higher scale than what would be considered normal. It doesn't have to be super complex or have clean vocals and acoustic solos.

Can you please give me a good example?

At 3/22/10 05:39 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote:

At 3/22/10 05:26 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:
It's really just metal played on a higher scale than what would be considered normal. It doesn't have to be super complex or have clean vocals and acoustic solos.

Can you please give me a good example?

Into Eternity, Gojira (Maybe), Angra, and Queensryche. Cynic and Death are pretty progressive too.

At 3/22/10 05:39 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote:

At 3/22/10 05:26 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:
It's really just metal played on a higher scale than what would be considered normal. It doesn't have to be super complex or have clean vocals and acoustic solos.

Can you please give me a good example?

Angra, Symphony X, Eidolon, Jacobs Dream, Stratovarius.

I guees I'm not just that much into prog myself :P

At 3/22/10 01:20 PM, MiroDK wrote:

At 3/22/10 11:10 AM, Bahamut wrote: To be honest, I don't think guest appearances of Michael Kiske means that much these days. Sure, it was nice for him to make another appearance in a new album of theirs but Kiske does so many cameos in power metal albums that it's not so special anymore.

Yes, he's not that special, to be honest, I don't even find him all that great like most people say he is, there's a lot of better singers out there. But I can't deny that he does have a pretty good voice.

I still think he's a great vocalist, it just doesn't have that "WOW!" factor like it used to, especially when it comes to guest appearances.

At 3/22/10 03:51 PM, MiroDK wrote: Well, the sound's still good, except their new stuff wich seems a lot more like they're plagiarizing stuff, or making sounds that resemble a lot of other bands. (mainly Judas Priest and Iron Maiden).

I wish Gamma Ray could tone it down with the homages to Maiden and Judas Priest, especially the latter. The song To the Metal was basically a cut and paste of Metal Gods. I don't mind hearing similarities here and there but that was overdoing it.